Lenica Greene and her beau Nigel McCollum were arrested after allegedly skimming over 100 credit cards from Pret A Manger customers in Chelsea. (Jefferson Siegel)

Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customers' wallets.

Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card "skimmers" that record private data, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday.

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McCollum — who worked at Pret's W. 23rd St. location in Chelsea — made "over 10 grand," he allegedly told cops after his arrest.

He added that he has "individuals skimming at an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, as well as Pret A Manger," according to court papers.

Both former workers at the popular "natural" sandwich and salad chain pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a 602-count indictment charging them with identity theft, forgery, grand larceny and related counts, but prosecutors say they had the help of accomplices.

It was not immediately clear what the majority of the stolen money was used for but at least some was used to obtain gift cards.

"In this case, over 100 victims' personal identifying information was compromised," Assistant District Attorney David Neeman said at Greene's arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Greene, who told investigators she had "been off and on with Nigel for six to seven years," had been working at a 16 Handles frozen yogurt shop in Brooklyn.

Her lawyer, Courtney Davy, said she got caught up with what her beau was doing and is not the main culprit.

"The warrant did not name my client as a target," he said in court, referring to a warrant execution at the pair's W. 176th St. pad on July 19 that landed them both in handcuffs.

Greene allegedly had a forged credit card and 19 gift cards in her wallet when authorities arrested the couple.

McCollum — her lean and baby-faced sweetheart, and accused partner in crime — was caught with four computers, two credit card skimmers and other materials that made his Washington Heights crib into fake credit card factory, authorities said.

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But his lawyer, Matthew Smalls, insisted McCollum was "a good kid."

The Pret a Manger on 38th St. and 6th Ave., where two workers are accused of stealing over100 customer identities. (Julia Xanthos/New York Daily News)

"He certainly got himself in over his head," Smalls said.

In a statement, Pret A Manger called it "an isolated incident" and said they "promptly" cooperated with authorities.

The news of the security breach unsettled Nora Trami, 35, a Pret customer in Chelsea.

"I wouldn't think I'd have to worry at a place like this, but now I'm thinking you can't trust any place," she said

Both defendants face up to four years in prison on the top count alone. McCollum was held in lieu of $50,000 bail while Greene was released after posting $20,000 bail.